My Heart’s in the strangest place

I finally graduated! YAY! I feel like I’ve just been looking forward to the end of school for so long, and now that it’s here I don’t know what to do with myself. Except to keep busy. I’m leaving for Europe in a few days, which I could not be more excited about. I am a little nervous, as you get with any trip. A little afraid of the unknown, but my excitement trumps any fear. I can’t wait to live differently than I’ve ever lived. To see new things. See new people. Be surprised. I can’t wait to let it change me. I already want to live more simply than I do- maybe this will be a catalyst for change. I can’t believe I’ll finally see in person the amazing sculptures I’ve been drooling over for the past couple months. I’ve been trying to imagine what it’ll feel like to be there, but the truth is that I have no idea.

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I’ve also been really into The Walkmen lately. They remind me of memories, some real, some hoped for. And I love his voice.

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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity

I’ve been dreaming a lot lately. About a lot of things. I usually am able to trace back the origin of dreams to some distant connection in my waking life, but lately they seem unrelated. They’re the kind of dreams that come back clearer as the day goes on and you begin to realize all of the horrible nuances and implications embedded in them.  Those kind of dreams. Not too sure how to fix it.

I’ve been missing life drawing lately. I need to get back at it. I have some ideas I’ve been keeping in my sketchbook that I want to finally bring to life. Here’s a close up of one of my figure studies from a few months ago. Love the body, but I’m not crazy about the hair and face. I’ll get ‘em next time!

Courtney Larsen- crouched figure study

Courtney Larsen- crouched figure study

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Momentum opening reception

The show was AMAZING. I had so many people show up to support me, it was so incredible. It was so cool to see how people interacted with my work and to hear some of the feedback. Makes me want to do another show soon!

Here’s my layout. I had quite a bit of wall space as it turns out!

Momentum opening reception

Momentum opening reception

And here’s a shot of the rest of the artists in the show:

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Momentum- My senior exhibition

Can’t even believe that my senior exhibition is this week. For the last 5 years it’s been this far off concept I knew I would someday have, but it never felt real. I spent the weekend finishing some drawings, framing all my pieces, and hanging them in the gallery. I feel so official! Almost all of my work is new from this year, so I don’t even have photos of most of my show! But I’ll update my tumblr when I do : )

Also, I updated my blog! I was tired of the old layout, so I spruced it up a bit.  Feels much cleaner. And I need a little more clean in my life. My entire house looks like a gallery blew up right now.

This isn’t in my show, but I made it for work. We decided not to go with the geometric look, but I still like it with all the shapes layered on top.

Courtney Larsen, 2012, ink and photoshop

Courtney Larsen, 2012, ink and photoshop

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Hearts.com photo shoot

A few weeks ago I got to be part of the Hearts photo shoot for Spring! It was such a fun day, and I’m obsessed with all of the spring jewelry and bags. All of the clothes are from thrift stores or our own closets : )

Here are some of the photos:

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All of the photos are taken by Tiffany Phillips, and all the jewelry and accessories are Hearts. SOOOO excited for spring to be here.

Oh, and also, it snowed in Phoenix today… yesterday it was 70+degrees….

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More NYC

I have been TERRIBLE at keeping up with this.  So I went to New York for work. It was awesome. Please look at my low quality photos taken on my newly broken ipod:

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